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Nynne Christensen has just been honoured for her efforts to make life that little bit easier for Faculty of Science staff affected by reforms. But being a staff representative has got more difficult: It’s not easy to explain spending cuts to other employees when you don’t understand them yourself.
We asked Dean and diversity sponsor Bente Stallknecht about initiatives after a inclusion survey revealed that international students and staff face language and cultural barriers.
The University Post has done a deep dive into the University of Copenhagen’s first major inclusion survey — here are our key takeaways.
Julie and Erling Nørkær are both PhD students at the Department of Psychology. And they’re married. And they have two children. Their lives are completely intertwined — and they love it.
Work-life balance continues to be a problem at the University of Copenhagen.
No positions can be filled without higher-level approval — not even those with external funding
The faculty has an annual structural deficit of DKK 100 million due to costly new buildings and deliberate overspending over several years. Added to this is a round of cuts from the administration reform. While the dean hopes to avoid layoffs, he cannot make any promises.
Drained reserves and ongoing losses are forcing the Faculty of Law to find millions of kroner in savings. Cuts to research positions cannot be ruled out.
75 retired exam supervisors demanded millions from the University of Copenhagen — most got DKK 7,500 and feel let down by the ruling.
Despite the University of Copenhagen’s pledge to halve its climate footprint by 2030, new data show that progress is far from on track. Twenty-two out of 58 units are not meeting targets to reduce emissions from air travel.
